Exile and the Kingdom (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, European Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Albert Camus
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Setting: North Africa; Paris, France; and Brazil
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Self-discovery, Prisoners, Art or artists, Missions or missionaries, Alienation, Symbolism, Life, philosophy of, Priests, Deserts, Arabs, Bedouins
- Locales: Africa, Paris, France, Brazil
Critical Evaluation:
When Albert Camus received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957, there was some surprise that the award had gone to so young an author and one whose ultimate direction was still uncertain; but there were few dissenting voices. The reason is clear. Even though his meanings may not be easily grasped, Camus was obviously an important writer in the European tradition of the man of letters. As novelist, playwright, political and moral pamphleteer, and short-story writer, he had from the beginning of his career addressed himself to a program of literary...
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